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Joe Worker (Live) was released on July 6, 2018 by Bridge Records as a part of the album The Cradle Will Rock (Live)
ReleasedJuly 6, 2018
LabelBridge Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

Listen, here's the story
Not much fun
And not much glory
Low class
Low down
The thing you never care to see
Until there is a showdown
Here it is
I'll make it snappy
Are you ready?
Everybody's happy?
Joe Worker gets gypped
For no good reason
Just gypped
From the start
Until the finish comes
They feed him out of garbage cans
They greet him in the slums
Joe Worker will go
To shops where stuff is on show
He'll look at the meat
He'll look at the bread
And he'll look in his pocket
And just shake his head
One big question inside me cries
How many fakers
Peace undertakers
Paid strikebreakers
How many toiling
Ailing
Dying
Piled-up bodies
Brother, does it take
To make you wise?
Joe Worker was pushed
He never fell
He was pushed
Weary, weary
Tired to the core
And then as he drops out of sight
There's always plenty more
Joe Worker must know
That somebody's got him in tow
Yet one is not good for just one
To be clear
It takes a lot of Joes
To make a sound you can hear
One big question inside me cries
How many frame-ups
How many shakedowns
Lockouts
Sellouts
How many times machine guns
Tell the same old story
Brother, does it take
To make you wise?
Written by: Marc Blitzstein

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